GASTON RENARD Pty. Ltd. Established 1945 Postal Address: (A.C.N. 005 928 503) Electronic communications: P.O. Box 1030, ABN: 68 893 979 543 Telephone: +61 (0)3 9459 5040 Ivanhoe, Melbourne, FAX: +61 (0)3 9459 6787 Victoria, 3079, Australia. www.GastonRenard.com E-mail: [email protected] Short List No. 90 - 2013. Australian History. Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 90 2013. 1 Adam Smith, Patsy; text by. TASMANIA SKETCHBOOK. Drawings by Max Angus. First Edition, Third Impression; pp. 56(last blank); 25 illustrations; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Adelaide); Rigby; (1975). #49771 A$25.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 90 2013. 2 [Atkinson, Ann; Editor]. THE WAY WE WERE. Work and Transport. [Australia in Photographs 1860-1920s]. 4to, First Edition; pp. 52; very numerous illustrations from photographs; original pictorial wrappers; a fine copy. [Drummoyne, New South Wales]; Daniel O’Keefe Publishing; [1984]. #53106 A$30.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 90 2013. 3 Australia: COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA JUBILEE 1901-1951. Small 4to; pp. [40]; numerous illustrations; original pictorial wrappers. No Place; Commonwealth of Australia; 1951. ***Published for presentation to school children. #28880 A$20.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 90 2013. 4 Australian Road Transport Federation: LAND TRANSPORT AND ITS DEVELOPMENT. Published in the interests of Australian students by the Publicity Section of the Australian Road Transport Federation. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 24(last 3 blanks for notes, with a couple of inscriptions); a few illustrations; original wrappers; a very good copy. [Marrickville; Printed by Highway Press]; N.D. [c. 1966]. ***Or perhaps in the interests of the Road Transport Lobby? #50349 A$25.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 90 2013. 5 Australian Commonwealth: THE COMMONWEALTH TRADES ALPHABET. [--Victorian Edition]. Cr. 4to, 1939 Edition; pp. 32; coloured map, numerous b/w. illustrations & several maps; original pictorial wrappers; a very good copy; scarce. [Sydney; Published by the Proprietor, Robert Westfield, Esq.; 1939]. ***With a Foreword by the late Rt. Hon. the Prime Minister (Mr. J. A. Lyons, C.H., M.P.). A booklet distributed to Australian schoolchildren extolling the virtues of Australian products, once household names, now sadly nearly all owned by foreign corporations, and with interesting comparative statistics of various countries and Australia. #44670 A$150.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 90 2013. 6 Australia’s Bicentennial: TWO HUNDRED YEARS. A week by week historical count down to Australia’s Bicentennial. 4to; the final 6 issues, Nos. 43-48; pp. 1009-1152 (plus wrappers); numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations, index; original pictorial wrappers; fine copies. (Kensington, NSW; Bay Books); 1988. #30227 A$15.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 90 2013. 7 Barrington, George: A VOYAGE TO NEW SOUTH WALES. By George Barrington, Superintendent of the Convicts: To which is prefixed a Detail of his Life, Trials, Speeches, etc. Enriched with beautiful Coloured Prints. Small f ’cap folio, modern reprint in new format; pp. 120; 7 coloured plates from the originals, 5 b/w. plates & 1 text illust. from various sources; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Sydney); View Productions Pty. Ltd.; (1985). ***Originally published in 1803. See FERGUSON 366 & 367. #13008 A$45.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 90 2013. 8 Bean, C. E. W. ON THE WOOL TRACK. Cr. 8vo; pp. xii, 212; original wrappers; a nice copy. Sydney; Angus and Robertson Ltd; 1945. ***Australian Pocket Library. All stages of the production of wool in Australia as it was eighty years ago. Based on articles first written for the Sydney Morning Herald in 1909. C. E. W. Bean was later part author and editor of The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914- 1918. #12765 A$30.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 90 2013. 9 Becker, Andrew; Text by. SIXTY NINE YEARS OF EVENTS FROM THE PAGES OF THE NEWS. Compiled by Adrian Savvas. Super roy. 4to, First Edition; pp. 400; profusely illustrated; original papered boards, gilt; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (College Park, South Australia); Savvas; (1992). ***Covering the entire period of publication of the Adelaide newspaper “The News” from 1923 to its closure in 1992. #50638 A$75.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 90 2013. 10 Blaikie, George. SCANDALS STRANGE BUT TRUE. [Fascinating Stories from Australia’s Incredible Past]. 4to, First Edition; pp. 128; numerous illustrations; (a coule of stamps); original stiff wrappers. (Broadway, NSW); John Fairfax Marketing; (1984). #52535 A$20.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 90 2013. 11 Blainey, Geoffrey. A LAND HALF WON. First Edition; pp. vi, 390(last 2 blank); 2 text maps, 12 plates, sources, index; original papered boards (base of spine slightly worn); a very good copy in defective dustwrapper. (Melbourne); Macmillan; (1980). #11739 A$45.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 90 2013. 12 Brown, Martyn. AUSTRALIA BOUND. The Story of West Country Connections, 1688-1888. Foreword by H.R.H. The Duke of Kent, President of the Britain-Australia Bicentennial Committee. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 224; 3 double-page maps, several illustrations, notes, index; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. (Bradford on Avon); Ex Libris Press; (1988). #31567 A$45.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 90 2013. 13 Cannon, Michael. AUSTRALIA: SPIRIT OF A NATION. A Bicentenary Album. Picture Research: Deby Cramer. Roy. 4to; First Edition; pp. 224; numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. [South Yarra]; Currey O’Neil; [1985]. #30341 A$50.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 90 2013. 14 Cayley, Frank. BENEATH THE SOUTHERN CROSS. The story of Australia through flags. Oblong cr. 8vo, New Edition; pp. 128; 4 coloured plates, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Sydney); Reed; (1980). ***Originally published in 1966 as “Flag of Stars”. #49176 A$40.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 90 2013. 15 Charlwood, Edward: From England to Australia. THE 1863 SHIPBOARD DAIRY OF EDWARD CHARLWOOD. A Facsimile Edition. [Foreword and Epilogue by Don Charlwood]. Med. 4to, First Edition; pp. iv, 44(last blank); original stiff pictorial wrappers; a fine copy. (Warrandyte); Burgewood Books; (2003). ***Signed by Don Charlwood. The reproduced original text is in a clear and highly legible hand. #57624 A$35.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 90 2013. 16 Chifley, J. B.: FINAL SPEECH by the late Rt. Hon. J. B. Chiffley M.P., Sunday, June 10, 1951. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 16 (including wrappers); original wrappers; a fine copy; scarce. (Melbourne; Federal Executive, Australian Labor Party; 1951). #30345 A$75.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 90 2013. 17 Christopher, Peter. AUSTRALIAN RIVERBOATS. A Pictorial History. Oblong 4to, First Edition; pp. 132; very numerous b/w. & a few coloured illustrations, bibliography, photo. reference; original pictorial stiff wrappers; a fine copy. (Stepney, South Australia; Axxiom Australia; 2006). #30363 A$30.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 90 2013. 18 Clark, C. M. H. A HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA. Vols. I-VI, Complete. 6 vols., med. 8vo; [Volume] I, From the Earliest Times to the Age of Macquarie, Thirteenth Impression, pp. [xiv], 422; 6 maps, 17 plates; 5 appendices, bibliography, index; [Volume] II, New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land 1822-1838, Eleventh Impression, pp. [xiv], 364, [6](blank); 3 maps, 17 plates, sources, index; [Volume] III, The Beginning of an Australian Civilization 1824-1851, Seventh Impression, pp. xvi, 492(last blank); 9 maps, 17 plates, appendix, sources, index; [Volume] IV, The Earth Abideth For Ever 1851-1888, Eighth Impression, pp. xvi, 428(last blank); 3 maps, 17 plates, index; [Volume] V, The People Make Laws 1888-1915, Seventh Impression, pp. xvi, 448; map, 17 plates, index; [Volume] VI, ‘The Old Dead tree and the Young green Tree Green’ 1916-1935 with an Epilogue, Fifth Impression, pp. xvi, 522, [2](blank); 5 maps, 13 plates, index; original cloth; a fine set in dustwrappers. (Carlton); Melbourne University Press; (1987-92-79-87-87-92). ***A fine complete set, fully collated, in the later issue pictorial dustwrappers. Now out-of-print in hardcover. #37149 A$295.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 90 2013. 19 Clark, Manning. MANNING CLARK’S HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA. Abridged by Michael Cathcart. Med. 8vo, First Edition (in this form); pp. [ii], xvi, 572, [2](blank); 5 maps, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Melbourne); Melbourne University Press; 1993. #40571 A$45.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 90 2013. 20 Clark, M.; Selected and Edited by. SOURCES OF AUSTRALIAN HISTORY. Pott 8vo, Ninth Impression; pp. xii, 628(last 5 blank); original cloth; (stamp on endpaper & title-page); a very good copy in very worn dustwrapper. London; Oxford University Press; (1971). #58774 A$15.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 90 2013. 21 Clune, Frank. RASCALS, RUFFIANS & REBELS OF EARLY AUSTRALIA. Roy. 8vo, First Edition (in this form); pp. [xii], 224(last 5 blank); numerous illustrations (16 coloured); original papered boards; a fine copy in very slightly worn dustwrapper. (North Ryde); Angus & Robertson Publishers; (1987). ***First published in 1968 under the title “Scallywags of Sydney Cove”. Burnet 63.2. #34974 A$65.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 90 2013.